Back in 1999, Jaclyn Easton published a book called "StrikingItRich.com".  The book detailed 23 dot com businesses that were making a hit at the turn of the century, before the dot com bust.

The book was an interesting read back then and just recently, I found it among my older books.  I thought it would be interesting to see how the businesses weathered the dot com bust.  Surprisingly, the ones I checked up on were still alive and well. 

Shame that cannot be said about the success of the book and it's site.  Currently, the StrikingItRich.com web site is up for sale.  Would have been great to had a multi-volume set showing the continued success of some of the original companies along with detailing the new successful companies that have come along.

Anyway, if you want to hear how some dot com businesses started around the turn of the century, you might pick up a copy of StrikingItRich.com.  Amazon has them used starting at $0.01.